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B. BARON CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

No, 555,418. PatentedFeb.25,1896.

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No. 555,418. Patented Feb. 25, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

BERNHARD BARON, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,418, dated February 25, 1896. Application filed October 31,1395. Serial No. 567,508. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD BARON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of cigarette-making machines in which there are a traveling belt and two or more overhanging grooved wheels between which the tobacco is carried by the belt; and my invention consists in certain improvements hereinafter set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of suflicient of a cigarette-making machine to illustrate my improvements; Fig. 2, a plan view; Fig. 3, a plan of the bed-plate adjacent to the molding-wheels.

With the exception of the details hereinafter more especially alluded to the general character of the cigarette-making machine is intended to be and in actual practice is like that set forth in my application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 512,874, and I will therefore not describe any other details than those which are directly connected with my improvement. In some instances, however, it will be understood that the features which I describe may be used in connection with different kinds of devices for distributing tobacco onto a belt, or supplying the wrapperstrip and folding, pasting and cutting the same.

Upon a suitable frame or table are supported the bearings for two rolls 0 0, upon which moves a traveling belt B, the upper portion of which passes above the table between two guides or m. In other bearings also turn the vertical shafts b 19, carrying at their upper ends the grooved wheels (I, a, beneath which passes the endless belt B,

and in brackets 5 5 upon the table turns a shaft 6,. upon which is a pulley E, and upon the shaft 6 swings a frame G, forked at the outer end and carrying a pulley F, and around both pulleys E F passes a continuous band D.

The shaft 6 is provided with a gear 7, which is driven in any suitable manner from the driving-shaft of the machine, as fully set forth in my before-named application for Letters Patent, and tobacco is supplied to the upper face of the belt B, by which it is carried below the belt D, and from the latter to and between the grooved wheels a a, and thence to the strip of paper which is folded over the tobacco rod and pasted, dried and cut, as usual.

Heretofore .in cigarette-making machines of a somewhat similar character as in that illustrated in my aforesaid application for Letters Patent it has been customary to prevent the tobacco from swelling upward between the molding-wheels a a by carrying the upper feed-belt above said wheels and pressing it downward firmly thereon. While this is effective so far as the molding of the rod is concerned, it is attended with the disadvantages that it involves considerable fric- To overcome these objections I dispense with the use of an upper belt so far as it constitutes any part of the means for molding the rod, and I substitute therefor a plate J, overlying the wheels at a, at the point where the tobacco passes between the same and is molded, so that the tobacco carried to the wheels is compressed laterally between the same and vertically between the lower belt, B,and the plate J.

To prevent the tobacco from swelling and rising above the upper surfaces of the wheels at a before passing beneath the plate J, I find it preferable to compress the tobacco vertically upon the belt B. This might be done by means of feed-rollers, or otherwise; but I prefer to make use of the feed-belt D and so support it that its under side or section shall be inclined to the belt B, so as to gradually compress the tobacco to athickness, say, onehalf the thickness of the wheels or a, so that before the tobacco can swell to a position above the upper surfaces of these wheels it will have passed beneath the plate J.

The plate J may be supported by any suitable means in proper position above the wheels a a; but as it is necessary frequently to obtain access to thespace wherein the tobacco is molded I prefer to connect the plate to the projecting end of the frame G, so that when the frame is swung upward with the belt D the plate J is also lifted, and when the plate is carried down to its normal position it is purposed to lock it by locking down the frame G, as in my before-described application.

In order to properly adjust the height of the roller F, I connect the plate to the frame by means of a slotted bracket 8 upon the plate, through which a screw 9 passes into the frame.

By loosening the screw the end of the frame may be raised or lowered, after which the screw may be tightened to clamp the parts together.

The roller 1 may be set in any desired position; but I prefer to arrange it as shown, so as to compress the tobacco up to about the point where it begins to enter between the wheels at a, and in order to collect the tobacco upon the belt B to the center of the belt I prefer to extend the ribs 071 on, so as to form guides n a, which draw the line of tobacco upon the belt from the sides toward the center.

The wheels a a may be set at any suitable distance apart; but I prefer to form each of them with a groove corresponding very nearly to a half-circle and to set them with their edges almost close together.

If desired, there may be two or more pairs of rollers a a.

\Vithout limiting myself to the precise eonstruction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim as my invention 1. The combination in a cigarette-machine, of horizontal grooved wheels (I, a, arranged in line opposite each other to compress and carry the tobacco between them, a belt travcling beneath and in contact therewith, a stationary plate extending across and above the wheels to cover the molding-space between them, and a moving surface for pressing the tobacco as it approaches the stationary plate to direct it below the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a cigarette-machine of the traveling belt B, wheels a, a, plate J and means for compressing tobacco upon the belt 13, to bring the upper surface of the tobacco below the plane of the upper surfaces of the wheels and below that of the plate to prevent it from swelling above the wheels, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the traveling belt I3, grooved wheels a, a, of a feed-belt D, supported in position to bring its lower face below the plane of the upper faces of the wheels (L, a to compress and prevent the rising of the tobacco above the wheels, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the belt B, wheels a, a, and plate J, of a swii'iging frame having rollers E, F, thereon a belt D carried by rollers on said frame, and connections between the frame and the plate, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the belt ll, grooved wheels a a, swinging frame having rollers E, F, and belt D, and plate J, connected adjustably with the frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERNIIARD BARON.

\Vitnesses:

OH. I. A. FAIRGRIEVE, W. CLARENCE DUVALL. 

